St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-19
THOROUGH WORK.
Some Facts Which Farmers Would DO
Well TN Remenber.

Some Facts Which Farmers Would DC
Well to Remember.
Every year that farm convinces me
that thorough work pays me consid-
erably better profit than attempting a
larger amount of work and failing to
do the work as thoroughly as it should
be done to secure the best results. II
you plant thirty acres of corn, and in
order to be able to do the work you
must crowd the blowing, and you can
not crowd the blowing and do good
work. You must crowd the planting;
you can not wait to take time to harrow
and roll until the soil is in good condi-
ton for planting, because if you do
you will be too late in planting. Not
being able to properly prepare the
land before planting, increases the la
Dor of cultivating; and the soil not be-
ing in first-class condition, you can
not cultivate as we'll and it requires Il
longer time to do the work, and in
consequence you are not able to cult
vate as many times as should be done.
1t is the early cultivation that induces
the start to grow, and you can not cul-
hvate as early or do the work as we'll
if the soil is not worked into fine con-
d!tion before planting.
This is certain to affect the yield II
by hurrying every thing and only doing
the work as the time seems to permit,
we are able to plant and cultivate thirty
acres of corn that under favorable cir
cumstances will yield US thirty bushels
per acre-and this is good average
yield under ordinary preparation and
cultivation-at thirty cents per bushel
this is SO per acre or $275 for the crop.
Lessen the acreage; spend the same
amount of time in blowing and pre-
pairing the land thoroughly before
planting, getting into good condition
so that a good termination of seed is
secured. And you are in position to
commence the cultivation soon after
the crop is planted and secure by that
means a good start to grow. And then
keep it up by cultivating as often as is
necessary to keep up a good steady
growth. I find that you can not en-
pect to cultivate your crops a certain
number of times every year.
Some years more cultivation will be
necessary than others. The only sure
plan is to cultivate sufficiently often to
keep the soil mellow and thoroughly
destroy the weeds. If two borrowings
and four workings with the cultivator
will secure this all right; if not. give
more. | have cultivated corn as many
as seven times in one season and was
satisfied at the time that the yield Sc
cured paid me well enough for the
trouble. If by thorough cultivation you
can secure fifty bushels of corn per
acre you are making as much or more
money from the twenty acres than
from the thirty less thoroughly cult
waited, and what is true of corn will
hold good with all the other crops ON
the farm.
And many have this lesson to learn.
We try to farm too many acres with
too little help either of men, teams or
machinery. If you want to plant thirty |
acres of corn have teams and help
enough to prepare and plant the crop
in good season and in thorough man |
ner.
always try to farm to secure the
largest amount of profit, and I have
learned that | can secure larger profit
by farming a less acreage and doing
all the work thoroughly and in season,
than attempting to do too much and
having your work crowding you all the
time.
Especially with spring crops there is
always best time to plant the different
crops and the nearer we can plant or
sow the crops to their time the better
will lie the yield. If we are able to
prepare the land thoroughly and have
It in a good condition and to plant at
he proper time we have laid the
foundation for good crop.
And if we have got the crops planted
We are then in condition to commence
md continue the cultivation.
Better to have little spare time to
improve keeping the farm in a good
lean condition rather than he behind
With all the farm work and not be able
o do the work in season or to pay any
Ittention to other necessary work. Try
nee and decrease the acreage so that
'ou can do all the work in the best
manner, rather than attempt to culti-
ate too large an acreage.-M. j.
Shepherd, in Des Moines (Ia,) Leader.
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